Carlos Pardo

Carlos Alberto Pardo Estévez (September 15, 1975 – June 14, 2009) was a Mexican stock car racing driver from Mexico City. He was the first driver to win the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series championship.[1]

For the Johns Hopkins professor, see Carlos Pardo-Villamizar.
Carlos Pardo
Born(1975-09-15)September 15, 1975
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedJune 14, 2009(2009-06-14) (aged 33)
Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
Amozoc, Puebla, Mexico
Cause of deathRacing accident
Achievements2004 NASCAR Corona Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish143rd (2006)
First race2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 (Mexico City)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0

Career

Pardo won 10 of his 74 NASCAR Mexico Corona Series starts and had 8 poles. He won the championship in 2004.[2] He was third in standings in 2005 and 2006.[3] Pardo also competed in six races in the NASCAR Camping World Series East in 2004 and 2005 and raced in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in 2006.[2]

Death

Pardo was killed in an accident which occurred on the 97th lap of a 100-lap NASCAR Mexico Corona Series race at Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Amozoc, Puebla, on June 14, 2009. As Pardo led the field with just four laps remaining, Jorge Goeters attempted to overtake Pardo going into turn 3.[4] Pardo attempted to block Goeters, but came into contact with the front of Goeters' car. Pardo's car spun down the track and collided side-on with the edge of a concrete retaining wall[5] at over 200 km/h (120 mph).[6] Even with water drums (Fitch Barrier) in place to soften any collision, the car disintegrated upon impact.[7] Pardo was transported to a nearby hospital by helicopter, where he was pronounced dead. He was declared the winner of the race as he was leading the race at the last completed lap before the accident occurred, beating Goeters by 0.044 seconds.[2] Pardo, driving for Motorcraft team, had started the race from the last row.[8]

Pardo's brother Rubén also competes in the NASCAR Mexico Corona Series,[2] and finished sixth in the race that his brother won posthumously.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series
NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts
2006 Frank Cicci Racing 34 Chevy DAY CAL MXC
42		 LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 143rd 37

Busch East Series
Busch East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NBESC Pts Ref
2005 Lori Williams Racing 21 Chevy STA HOL ERI NHA WFD ADI
11		 STA DUB
11		 OXF NHA DOV LRP TMP 42nd 260 [9]
2006 GRE STA HOL
15		 TMP ERI
12		 NHA ADI
15		 WFD NHA
39		 DOV
DNQ		 LRP 29th 440 [10]

West Series
NASCAR West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NWSC Pts Ref
2004 Info not available PHO MMR CAL S99 EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO CNS MMR IRW
DNQ		 N/A - [11]

References
  1. "Carlos Pardo". ask.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  2. "Carlos Pardo Posthumously Awarded NASCAR Mexico Series Win". fullthrottle.com. June 15, 2009. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  3. "Carlos Pardo at Driver Database". driverdb.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  4. "Fallece el piloto Carlos Pardo" (in Spanish). Crónica. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  5. "Driver dies in Nascar Mexico race". Reuters. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  6. "Sufre Carlos Pardo aparatoso accidente" (in Spanish). eluniversal.com. June 14, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  7. "NASCAR Mexico driver killed in crash". ESPN. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  8. "Carlos Pardo dies in NASCAR Mexico Series race Sunday". scenedaily.com. June 15, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  9. "Carlos Pardo – 2005 NASCAR Busch North Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  10. "Carlos Pardo – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  11. "Carlos Pardo – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
First season		 Desafío Corona Champion
2004		 Succeeded by
Jorge Goeters
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